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Description
The Governor of Overijssel Province wrote the Mayor of Ommen that he heard that the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte had been released. His arrest had not been based on legal grounds although Van Raalte was thought to have been imprudent. The Governor is sending a detachment of fifty military men with their officers who will be billeted in Ommen homes "without distinguishing religious affiliation."
Date
11-21-1836
City
Zwolle, the Netherlands
Source
The original documents are held in the Historisch Centrum Overijssel.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Historisch Centrum Overijssel.
Recommended Citation
Governor of Overijssel Province and Kennedy, Nella, "Letter from the Governor of Overijssel Province to the Mayor of Ommen" (1836). Van Raalte Papers: 1830-1839. 47.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1830s/47
Notes
In Dutch; translated by Nella Kennedy, 2002.
Description of the document and reference to the Historisch Centrum Overijssel by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.